Some of what I was talking about is us trading AWAY players for their picks/players.
They don't really want any more young players surely, unless they're early picks.
Meanwhile they continue to have problems with key backs and ruck.
On the weekend, without Smith, they got 14 hitouts to 67 against Jacobs and Tippett who are hardly leading ruckmen.
Fraser managed 6 hitouts. In comparison Graham got 20 against Jamar and Martin.
While I would prefer we keep Gus, if we are going to trade him out why not to GC?
Similarly with McGuane, who seems surplus to our needs, but would be a big improvement on Joel Tippett who played at fullback for GC on the weekend.
There was a lot of talk last year about trading McGuane to GC for Toy.
I think that trade has improved in our favour over the last 12 months